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  • Hitting the Target: Improvements to U.S. GAAP for Long-Duration Insurance Contracts
    Hitting the Target: Improvements to U.S. GAAP for Long-Duration Insurance Contracts After a summary ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Dec 2015
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • Simply Unlocking
    Simply Unlocking Introducing tools to help actuaries explain non-traditional DAC and SOP ... movements no non-actuarial audiences. Analytics;Annuity valuation;Deferred acquisition cost;GAAP reserves;Life ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Jun 2015
    • Competency: Communication>Oral communication; Communication>Written communication; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
  • GAAP Targeted Improvements—Illustrated Term Insurance Earnings
    decision-making pro-cess for targeted improvements to U.S. GAAP for long-duration insurance contracts, the ... expected under original best estimate assumptions. Table 1 Expected Income Statement Current Improved Difference ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Sep 2016
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Term life
  • GAAP Targeted Improvements—Unlocking Persistency
    that noise. Both articles examined effects when mortality devi- ates from the original valuation assumption ... assumption. In contrast to earlier illustrations of mortality, persistent lapse variances and the eventual ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Mar 2018
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • GAAP Targeted Improvements: Unlocking 2.0
    Figure 2 adds the extrapolated adjustment to Figure 1’s term insurance illustration. Rather than drifting ... Statements Prepared in Accordance with U.S. GAAP ASOP 10’s section 3.3 (Best Estimate Assumptions) says ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Dec 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Targeted Improvements—Illustrated Universal Life Earnings
    combination of aggregate COI rates and a select mortality assumption causes in- surance margins to decrease ... benefit (GMxB) guaran- tees embedded in variable annuity contracts clearly fall under this definition.

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Jun 2017
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Universal life
  • GAAP Targeted Opportunity
    old problem in a new way. TRUE UP FOR ACTUAL MORTALITY EXPERIENCE Figure 1 shows quarterly income for ... experience is performed only once each year and the mortality assumption is changed at the beginning of year ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Jun 2018
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Unlocking of Traditional Contract Assumptions
    of change depend on the method used as shown in Table 1. In the absence of constraints (not considered ... considered in this short article), we can see in Table 1 the fundamental characteristics of the prospective ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Mar 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • GAAP Targeted Improvements—Retrospective Noise
    and after an assumption change. Adverse Early Mortality Experience In Chart 1, adverse experience begins ... matches the original assumption. The select mortality assumption is changed in year five. Prior to ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance